Write a scene in which one character may be consciously lying, but in which any other characters do not know that this character might be lying. The readers should know or be able to figure out that the character may be lying.
Any perspective. Any POV.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/AcD2NrZMX3— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 17, 2019
Write a scene in which your protagonist is not telling the truth, but everyone else believes them anyway. The readers, however, should know the protagonist is not being honest or truthful.
Any perspective. Any POV.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/nAmMhhwKDd— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 18, 2019
Write a scene in which your antagonist is telling the truth, but no one else believes them. The readers, however, should know the antagonist is being honest or truthful.
Any perspective. Any POV. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/bDr3KN9Fs2— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 19, 2019
You are a slave, any place, any culture, any time period, any race: describe, in as much detail as possible, your daily life.
Any perspective. Any POV. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/EhG5F0tXTq— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 20, 2019
You are a slave, any place, any culture, any time period, any race: describe, in as much detail as possible, the event in your childhood that most changed your life.
Any perspective. Any POV. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/KS7PG4sojG— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 21, 2019
Social media is no longer free, and all the apps — Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, etc. — all cost the same amount. You can only choose one of them for your online presence. List pros & cons of each, followed by the social media app you choose.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/sUEsBnpQ84
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 22, 2019
List 3-5 of your favorite quotes from books, including the author and the title of the book from which the quote came. If any of them is especially important to you, type or write it on a good piece of paper and hang it up in a place where you can see it often. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/b1yvoxcmn8
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 23, 2019
Wherever you live, the climate has suddenly and for an extended period, turned to its polar opposite: temperate now has become extreme hot/cold, rainy is drought, desert is ice and snow. Describe in detail what you have to do (and buy) to survive, work, eat, etc. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/DssCw1CZeb
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 24, 2019
You are in pain — physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual — and it is the worst pain you have felt in your life. Describe it in as much detail as possible being sure to use all the senses and to freely use simile, metaphor, and analogy. #WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/Iq7dsi3MU5
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 25, 2019
Your protagonist/antagonist is in pain – physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual – and it is the worst pain they have felt in their life. Describe it in as much detail as possible being sure to use all the senses & to freely use simile, metaphor, & analogy.#WritingPrompt pic.twitter.com/D9DpJNxGY6
— Dr Alexandria Szeman: Award-Winning #Author 📚🖋🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 26, 2019
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